“Biology Bud Collection”
typescript twig specimen album

Generic 1940- era scrapbook with brown embossed leatherette boards and cord tie binding, 11.5 x 8.5 inches; 6” at widest point. Typed label inside front cover with student name Robert Kelsey. 40 typed descriptions and specimens mounted to manila leaves. Very Good with chipping to many of the manila paper edges and loose tape stitches, but well-preserved for the scale—fitted with spacers between the pages to accommodate the bulk. Wonderful and unwieldy, an exciting variation on the herbariums and botany specimen books popular in schools at the turn of the century. Though the specific school is unidentified, the item comes from northern Indiana and was likely coursework from one of the trade schools in the region (or a specialized school like Manual Arts High in Indianapolis). The descriptions are typed in contour and provide information about the locality and physical characteristics. More unusually, each concludes with their properties for working and best practical applications in ca